The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-10

that apple orchard had disappeared; the
sheep were there but nary an apple tree
could see got down from my horse and
! climbed the fence and tried to find my apple
| Qrcnard, but 1t was gone At last, Mr..
PRESIDENT | did 'diskiver one poor little
stub about foot high and the old ram was
a-buckln' at that. No, sir. this book farmin
won't do. know ii to my sorrow.n
mat was the last OF Colman's bill
Congressman Martin, of Texas, who blew
out the gas in his room at Wizards last
week and came very near deaths door in
consequence, is not the only one of his type
An employee of the House has been telling
me about new Congressman from the
west, who came walking into the hall,
looked around for awhile with an air of
ownership as if he had just bought the
Capitol and was pleased with his purchase.
and then inquired which the vacant desks
were. When told they were all vacant he
seemed gratified and asked how they were
assigned.
Every member selects for himself" was
the reply.
Which have been taken"
yet" -''''N
"Waal, that's lucky, amt it; so I'm the
first man on the ground. u and walking away
with satisfied air he picked out a seat
nearly i'll front of the clerks desk and OBJ
served:
II reckon I'll roost here"
The word was passed around among the
messengers and pages, and, as usual they
were ready for lark. A card was cut upon
which the new Honorable wrote his name,
and then one of the boys showed it in the
frame made for the purpose. Next they
showed him to the stationery room, where
he inquired into the perquisites of a legis-
lator and seemed greatly pleased at the idea
of having so much fine letter paper and
Sundries at his disposal. He gave each of
the pages pocketknife and the stationery
clerk put him up an assortment of all kinds
and sizes of paper and envelopes, which lie
packed away in his desk Then he sat down
to write letter home and ''tell the folks all
all about it," He will discover eventually
what the boys were laughing at
l heard about another member of the
freshman class at the Capitol who discov-
cred the House restaurant, ordered a square
meal, ate it with great gusto and was then
almost knocked out of his chair by having
cashiers check presented to him. He had
previously taken bath and offered to pay
for it, but was told that it was free gov
eminent institution. lie naturally con-
cluded that great Nation-spelled with a
big N-that bathed its servants and paid
men to rub them down, fed them as well.
and thought the waiter was trying to hum
bug him.
isn't this the members restaurantr' he
asked.
Yes, sir" replied the waiter
"Well, I'm member from So-and-Son
Cant help that, sir; members pay just
like other folks
Well, it all ended by the new member
hauling out his wallet and in a cautious
way settling the bill, but it will take some
time for the idea to get through his head that
while the government provides every OPP
portunity for its legislators to be clean, it
has not reached that point yet where it pro-
poses to feed them.
Some of the new Congressman, I may say
in general way, require a good deal Of
room, but they will be able to get along
with less presently. A member is never so
wise or important as on the day he arrives
in Washington, but the atmosphere absorbs
much of his size and by evaporation he
subsidies to his natural dimensions.